Fuad Mohamed Qalaf

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Sheikh Fuad Mohamed Qalaf (born March 28, 1965) is a Somali militant Islamist and leading member of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU).

Born in Somalia, Qalaf lived in Sweden for ten years and was an imam at a mosque in Stockholm.[1] In 2006 he returned to Somalia to serve as secretary of youth and education in the ICU.

Following the Ethiopian invasion of Somalia in December 2006, Qalaf and others if the ICU leadership fled to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Farah, Mohamed Abdi. "Somalia: abroad Somali communities urged to return home for Jihad", SomaliNet, 2005-10-11. Retrieved on 2006-12-27.
  2. ^ Khalif, Abdulkadir. "West ‘backing the wrong horse’ in Mogadishu peace initiatives", The East African, 2007-01-29. Retrieved on 2007-02-02.


Persondata
NAME Qalaf, Fuad Mohamed
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Militant Islamist
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Somalia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH